Hugh Hewitt Quits The Washington Post

Hugh Hewitt, the conservative pundit, said on Friday that he would no longer write columns for The Washington Post, where he had been a regular contributor to the paper’s opinion pages.Mr.Hewitt’s decision to quit The Post came hours after he abruptly stormed off a broadcast of a live online Post talk show, “First Look,” where he had expressed frustration with his fellow panelists, the Post columnists Jonathan Capehart and Ruth Marcus.Mr.

Hewitt objected to claims during the broadcast that former President Donald J.Trump was laying groundwork to potentially contest the election results, prompting Mr.

Capehart to reply, “I don’t appreciate being lectured.”Mr.Hewitt, who was speaking via video, tore out his in-ear headset.“I’m done, I’m done,” he said.

“This is the most unfair election ad I’ve ever been a part of.” He stood up from his chair and left.His camera remained focused on an empty room.Mr.

Capehart and Ms.Marcus, who are both liberal commentators, continued the discussion without him.A spokeswoman for The Washington Post declined to comment on Mr.

Hewitt’s departure.Mr.Hewitt is a veteran pundit who served as a moderator of a Republican primary debate last year.

Fox News earlier reported Mr.Hewitt’s decision on Friday to leave his role at The Post.Turmoil has engulfed The Post for the past week, after the paper’s owner, Jeff Bezos, decided not to endorse a candidate in the presidential race.

Multiple people resigned from the paper, and a quarter-million readers canceled their subscriptions....